#234E8D#234E8D

#234E8D is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.115 H 258.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#234E8D
RGB	rgb(35, 78, 141)
HSL	hsl(216, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(216, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 44.7%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.41, 8.17, -39.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.41, 40.13, 281.74°)
OKLab	oklab(42.83% -0.0236 -0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(42.83% 0.115 258.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.2235, 7.7283, 26.2524)
Luminance	0.0773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#234E8D #8D6223

analogous

#23838D #234E8D #2D238D

triadic

#234E8D #8D234E #4E8D23

tetradic

#234E8D #8D2383 #8D6223 #238D2D

square

#234E8D #8D2383 #8D6223 #238D2D

split-complementary

#234E8D #8D2D23 #838D23

monochromatic

#0B182B #17335C #234E8D #2F69BE #5589D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.25

#234E8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#234E8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #234E8D

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##234E8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##234E8D	1.00	8.25	2.55	8.25
#FFFFFF	8.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F548F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B4A8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005D66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #234e8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 78, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.115 258.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d7faf',
    500: '#234e8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #234e8d;
$custom-light: #6d7faf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#234e8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.66,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42833,
    "c": 0.11488,
    "h": 258.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#234E8D

secondary

#B99053

accent

#A344E3

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEEF4

border

#C8C9CE

text

#080A10

muted

#7B7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #234E8D

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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